As he becomes part of the agency, Carver is assigned a mission to find his biological father. One day, Carver gets adopted by Detective Albert Hawking of the famous Pinkerton Agency. He writes Roosevelt a letter, but receives no reply. Carver hopes that New York's police commissioner, Teddy Roosevelt, might help him track down his father. When Carver finds a mysterious letter from his biological father, he believes that his father is somewhere out there, waiting. Life hasn't been easy for him since he often faced the much bigger, bullying Finn Walker.

With a sequel hinted to at the end, here’s hoping that we won’t see the last of Carver Young and his fellow Pinkerton agents.Fourteen-year-old Carver Young grew up in the Ellis Orphanage with nothing but his lock-picking abilities and an interest in crime. The clues and red herrings are numerous enough that even the best mystery reader may not guess the outcome.

Ripper is a fast-paced mystery filled with historical detail, new-fangled gadgetry, and the Pinkerton’s cool underground base. Could Jack the Ripper be in New York? With the city reeling from the murders of high society women and Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt up in arms, Carver must decide how far he’s willing to go to learn the truth and how much he’ll risk to get it. Yet, home is a room inside a mental institution and the discoveries Carver is making are leading him to an unbelievable conclusion. Carver should be thrilled-he has a home and a means to learn detective skills alongside the very best, skills he needs if he is to find his father. In 1895 New York, Carver Young is a fourteen year old orphan recently taken in by Detective Hawking of the renown Pinkerton Agency. In his latest young adult novel, Ripper, author Stefan Petrucha mixes fact with fiction to offer up a new look at Jack the Ripper in a suspenseful blend of history and horror. Who was he? What were his motives? And why did he suddenly stop? Questions like these have produced volumes of investigative books-some even claiming to have solved the mystery-and several movies. It’s been over one hundred years since Jack the Ripper terrorized the streets of London, yet he remains a fascinating and gruesome mystery.

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